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You are not allowed to view links. Register or LoginIt doesn’t look like there’s the possibility of WonderCon in LA in 2018 either: “As to why WonderCon was headed back to Anaheim, Garcetti blamed the time line, ‘I’m sorry the dates didn’t work out. But I think we’re going to be very competitive for 2019, the next opening.’"
Then once we finally got to the entrance and got to security, they told us "no outside food or drink." I don't recall Wondercon ever posting about Microsoft Theater's strict rules? So they wouldn't let us in with a opened bottled of water. I was so pissed that I was ready to say 'screw it' and leave but cooler heads prevailed and I was able to go inside after throwing away my water bottle (but luckily was able to keep my food after I went to another security person). The panels inside were great but the whole experience made me never want to come back. I understand Microsoft Theater have their own security guards and strict rules but I feel Wondercon should have warned us about those rules before we walked all the way to the theater without knowing (unless I missed something that was posted on CCI's page?). But otherwise, all the panels we saw at the theater and 408AB were great and I hope to go back to Wondercon next year.
My wife and I had a pretty good WonderCon trip (although mired with delays), and while it was fun in LA, I actually prefer Anaheim. We arrived on Wednesday night from the Bay Area and took SuperShuttle to the Hotel from LAX. Unfortunately, our driver was having a bad day and took it out on a couple of the passengers. First, he picked up a couple of passengers that didn't book their appointments, which wasted a good amount of time, then he kicked an old, disabled man off the shuttle and left him at a bus stop because his addresses were wrong and didn't match the destination (instead of taking him back to the airport). A lady stood up for the elderly guy and the driver said, "Do you want to join him?" and told her to be quiet. The following day, we had Disneyland planned, so we got up early to take Amtrak to Anaheim, but there was a "suspicious package" at one of the stations that froze all of the train activity. Due to the events in Belgium, the train officials were paranoid. After an hour of just sitting there, they took us back to LAX with no alternative travel assistance, so we had to take an EXPENSIVE taxi ride to Disneyland. Several hours lost.The next day, we got our badges and I got some of my comics signed by various artists and took photos of the convention center, Staples Center, the Hall of Fame statues and some cosplayers. Later that night, we attended a Lakers game. Even though they lost, we took some nice pics of Kobe, and before the game, I got to take a pic with one of their championship trophies and some of the Laker cheerleaders.Overall, we had a good trip, but the Amtrak delay really wrecked our Disneyland trip and put a bit of a cloud over the entire vacation. We ended up losing about 4 hours because of it, and by the time we arrived, all the lines for the rides were LONG.Oh, I never want to see another Smashburger again.
They were extremely inconsistent about the food and drink policy. Some people got in with food, while others did not. It depended entirely upon which guard you got searching your bag.